Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index
1. Yoruba spectacle -- 2. Gẹlẹdẹ performance -- 3. Ẹfẹ songs-voicing power -- 4. The masks and costumes of Ẹfẹ night -- 5. The dance : texturing time and space -- 6. The masks of Gẹlẹdẹ -- 7. A historical and thematic overview -- 8. Gẹlẹdẹ and the individual